Experience

Hedgehog Technologies

• Canada
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Joined a team of highly capable Mechanical Engineers to: • Create, refine, and detail Mechanical assemblies critical for functionality of vehicles, robotics, & other projects. • Analyze and run FEA on designs to ensure functionality during service life and ensure adequate safety factor is present. • Detail drawings to ensure design intent is adequately captured for production of parts and assemblies for assembly. Joined a team of highly capable Mechanical Engineers to: • Create, refine, and detail Mechanical assemblies critical for functionality of vehicles, robotics, & other projects. • Analyze and run FEA on designs to ensure functionality during service life and ensure adequate safety factor is present. • Detail drawings to ensure design intent is adequately captured for production of parts and assemblies for assembly.


The University of British Columbia
• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Mechanical Engineering Student - Biomedical Engineering Option

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2021


UBC Bionics

• Canada
• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder, Ex-Captain

  • Aug 2018 - Sep 2021

  • Founder of UBC's first bionics design team and Mechanical lead in the design of the bionic hand. • Designed and specified palm and arm enclosure utilizing surfacing, trimming, and lofting along with equations allowing user to change the hand dimensions based on few parameters. • Lead in integration of all components into bionic hand, and selection of PEMs, fasteners, gaskets, and washers. • Utilized lips and grooves on electronic enclosure to provide an orientation feature to both front and back pieces of the enclosure. Specified snap fits to hold circuitry and threaded fasteners to hold hex standoffs for circuits. • Generated a 4S1P battery pack in SolidWorks utilizing routing to produce complex wire paths, including split wires and splices in junctions. • Specified fan controller and did thermal approximations to select thermal solution for the back brace. Looked at solutions including DC blowers, axial fans, and water cooling. • Design accepted for participation in CYBATHLON 2020, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, amongst leading bionics companies and research labs.



Corvus Energy

• Norway
• Renewables & Environment
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • Sep 2019 - May 2020

  • Designed sheet metal structural solutions for a new 1000+ parts liquid cooled single rack energy storage system (ESS), Blue Merlin. • Conducted FEA on liquid cooling and structural components to ensure sufficient safety factor followed. • Ideated, analyzed, and designed new conductive cooling solution for bus bar enclosure for Blue Whale project. Conducted 3 stage analysis on problem: 1D thermal approximations, Solid conduction FEA, and CFD analysis. • Generated new moldable component designs for the enclosure, adding micro drafts to increase mold tool life. Learnt usage of collapsible core to add custom undercuts. Ran nonlinear hyper elastic study on o-ring to ensure sufficient squeeze out region present. • Designed moldable annular and cantilever snaps using BAYER design handbook for snap fits. • Generated multi sheet drawings for production of sheet metal, molded components, and the general assembly. Utilized drawing elements such as hatching, section view, and broken out view to show details of the component. Determined biaxial tolerances and coordinated with manufacturer to ensure that designs had sufficient tolerances. • Utilized angle grinder, mill, sander, and drill press to manufacture custom vibration testing jig which utilizes unbalanced masses to produce vibrations. 3D printed variety of components for prototyping purposes using Fusion 3D in house printer.



Advanced Intelligent Systems (AIS)

• Canada
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Designer Intern

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Joined AIS to help them in their goal of creating a proprietary unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to assist at greenhouses. • Independently designed and modelled 500+ part charging station for unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). Analyzed UGV, charging, and EV standards (SAE J1772, CHAdeMO, UL 583, UL 3100, UL 1564) to determine requirements. Reached a final design which could be handed off to the team for further development for a first iteration of a charging station. • Waterproofed system for IP54+ rating by selecting hydrophobic air filters, grommets, o-rings, and cable glands. • Modelled system on SolidWorks with use of advanced mates, flanges, smart hole tool, and structural member feature. • Conducted thermal analysis on electronic enclosure for vehicle by analysis of steady state heat profile, whereafter selected fans and thermally conductive films, fins, and heatsinks to minimize thermal insulation. • The thermal calculation allowed me to specify the volumetric flow rate required from the exhaust fans, allowing the internal temperature of the enclosure to drop from 90C to around 50-60C, preventing overheating of components.



UBC BEST

• Canada
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Member at Femur Fracture Treatment Project (FFTP)

  • Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

  • Modelled components on SolidWorks required for final design of Femoral Fracture Treatment Device inclusive of tightening system. • Fabricated cast shell via composite layups to generate a hard fibreglass shell for final device. • Measured and drilled fibreglass shell and assembled fabricated system to ensure that dimensions were followed. • Required use of centre-punch, hand-drills, and foot-plate shearing machine. • Modelled components on SolidWorks required for final design of Femoral Fracture Treatment Device inclusive of tightening system. • Fabricated cast shell via composite layups to generate a hard fibreglass shell for final device. • Measured and drilled fibreglass shell and assembled fabricated system to ensure that dimensions were followed. • Required use of centre-punch, hand-drills, and foot-plate shearing machine.